After making a number of successful ‘Hammer Horrors’ in the early sixties, Director and Academy Award winning cinematographer Freddie Francis (Paranoiac, Tales From the Crypt, Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors) moved to the fledgling Amicus Productions and produced an incredible run of horror titles that would make them the only studio able to rival the ascendant Hammer Pictures during the peak years of British horror filmmaking. Of these films, the most chilling is The Skull. Peter Cushing stars as Dr. Christopher Maitland, a writer and collector of occult items (with... a preference for those with a somewhat macabre history), who is offered the chance to purchase a highly expensive and unusual item – the skull of the Marquis de Sade. Warned against obtaining the item by fellow collector (Christopher Lee in a rare non-villainous role), the skull’s influence draws Maitland in, madness and death soon follow… Adapted from a short story by Robert Bloch (Psycho) and featuring a score by avant-garde composer Elisabeth Lutyens, The Skull is one of the most expertly crafted British horror movies of its era. Eureka Entertainment is proud to present The Skull in a special Dual Format edition. [show more]
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Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee star in this British horror directed by Freddie Francis. Collector Dr. Christopher Maitland (Cushing) is offered the skull of French aristocrat Marquis de Sade by Anthony Marco (Patrick Wymark) but refuses the offer after learning it has in fact been stolen from his friend Sir Matthew Phillips (Lee). But its previous owner also declines possession of the skull and warns Dr. Maitland of its terrible power. However, the intrigued doctor ignores his friend's warnings and is proceeded to be driven mad after yielding to the influence of the skull.
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